Qiao Xueying finally understood that Zu An had recognized her right from the start, and had just been putting on an act to make her lower her guard before killing her.

She had planned to make a fool out of Zu An, only to realize in the end that she was the fool all along. The explosion of embarrassment and fury in her head nearly drove her insane that very instant.

You have successfully trolled Qiao Xueying for 1024 Rage points!

She immediately gave chase right away, determined to vent her anger by turning that darned bastard into minced meat.

Zu An ran off as fast as he could, but he realized that he wasn’t able to outrun Qiao Xueying, even while using his Sunflower Phantasm. If not for the complicated terrain in the forest, he would have been caught by now.

After running for a while, Zu An made use of an opportunity where he was in her blind spot to climb up a tree and conceal his aura, hoping that she wouldn’t find him.

Qiao Xueying reached that spot soon after, only to realize that Zu An had vanished. Her footsteps gradually slowed to a leisurely stroll, and she remarked calmly, “Zu An, I’ll admit that your strength has caught me off guard. But the thing you should have never done was to run into this forest.”

Zu An was stunned. He had managed...